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The GeForce GTX 960 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3060 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only $35.85 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 960

  • Up to 13% cheaper$229.73 vs $265.58
  • Consumes up to 29% less energy120 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

  • At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
  • A much better value for money for gaming
  • Up to 500% more VRAM memory12 vs 2 GB

GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060 for Gaming

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GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in My Games

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

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GeForce GTX 960

Jan 22nd, 2015


3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

2300

26%

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GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021


3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 960 vs GeForce RTX 3060 in core GPU performance specifications

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 Logo

GeForce GTX 960

Jan 22nd, 2015


Memory

2 GB

17%

Memory Bandwidth

112.2 GB/s

31%


Pixel Fillrate

37.7 GPixel/s

44%

Texture Fillrate

75.39 GTexel/s

38%

FP32

2.413 TFLOPS

19%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021


Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

100%


Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

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GeForce GTX 960

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

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GeForce RTX 3060

General
Jan 22nd, 2015Release Date
Jan 12th, 2021
$199.00
MSRP$329.00
GeForce 900GenerationGeForce 30
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
120 W
Power Consumption170 W
Memory
2 GBMemory Size
12 GB
GDDR5Memory TypeGDDR6
128-bitMemory Bus192-bit
112.2 GB/sBandwidth
360 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
37.7 GPixel/sPixel Fillrate
85.3 GPixel/s
75.39 GTexel/sTexture Fillrate
199 GTexel/s
2.413 TFLOPSFP32
12.74 TFLOPS

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